As far as choosing the right tool - have a look at this:

http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/library/choosing.htm

This is an excellent document outlining the strenghts of each of Microsoft's Database Development Tools.

AL

>I'm proposing to develop an application in Visual Fox 5.0 and my client says they're adopting the entire Microsoft Office suite and why can't I do the app in Access???
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>I NEED AMMO!!!
>Please contribute any good technical reasons why VFox would be preferred over Access...
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>Thanx a bunch!
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>P.S. One concern (the usual) was, "Microsoft probably won't be going forward with VFox anyway..."
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>HELP!